Egba gave the charge Monday in Calabar during a colloquium in honour of Most Rev. Tunde Adeleye of the Anglican Communion.
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Ostensibly, the nub of this piece, Distinguished Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, OFR, CON, SAN, could not have discountenanced this memorable day at this auspicious time in his life. In a country where average life expectancy hovers between 45 and 47 years, the attainment of three score in his sojourn on earth is an unparalleled milestone
According to him, apart from his thriving legal practice, he has spent the greater part of his adult life serving the people of Cross Rivers State in various capacities
In an October 22, 2014 request letter to the NOUN Vice chancellor, Ndoma-Egba explained that owing to “the large population of our citizens who yearn daily for university education without access, the peculiar geography of Cross River and the distance from Ikom to Calabar Study Centre at the southern tip of the state, I am compelled to apply for a community study at Ikom, the headquarters of the central senatorial district”
The pressure of Ndoma-Egba, representing Cross River Central Senatorial District, and Lokpobiri, who represents Bayelsa West Senatorial District in President Goodluck Jonathan’s home state of Bayelsa, is part of a grand plot by the APC to take over control of the upper legislative chamber
It could be recalled that Senator Ndoma-Egba lost the primary to Hon. John Owan Enoh by 217 votes to 37 votes
The senator observed that there were pending litigations before a Federal High Court in Abuja and a Cross River State High Court over the ward congresses organised by the PDP on November 1
Ndoma-Egba said that the boundary demarcation is being conducted by officials from the United Nations and the African Union
Moving the motion on the postponement of the debate, the Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, hinged it on the fact that the aspect of the constitution dealing with emergency rule has not been gazetted
As it is, Nigeria operates a bi-cameral legislature, which defines the Nigerian parliament along the line of two houses of legislature, the House of Representatives and the Senate. While the House of Representatives can be described as the blood of the Nigerian democracy, the Senate is, indeed, the backbone of our democracy
Ndoma-Egba, Cross River Central Senatorial District, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Calabar on Sunday